Acrobat's British Hit Parade series has been established for well over a decade

Acrobat's British Hit Parade series has been established for well over a decade as a unique range of completist original artist collections comprising every record that appeared in the UK record sales charts in every year since the charts began in 1952. In recent years Acrobat has introduced parallel collections which consist of the B sides of all the records included in the main compilations, and these have proved hugely popular with collectors, since many of the records concerned have never been available on CD and are very rarely heard. This 4-CD set is the second of two companion products to our existing 1956 British Hit Parade Parts One & Two (ACQCD7024 & 7025), and features the B sides of the tracks on Part Two of those collections those anthologies, excluding the ones which appeared on the original collection as Double A-side hits. It also includes the B sides of relevant records which were chart entries in the Melody Maker, Record Mirror and Record Retailer charts, and which were not included in the original sets, but appeared later on our '1950s British Hit Parades - The Hits We Missed' collection (ADDCD3078). As ever, it's an eclectic snapshot of an ignored but fascinating aspect of the pop business, including in-depth 10-000+ word booklets with background notes on every record

Track Listing

• Ted Heath And His Music - Siboney
• Teresa Brewer - Goodbye John
• Humphrey Lyttelton Band - Close Your Eyes
• Tony Martin - Flamenco Love
• Georgia Gibbs - Rock Right
• Louis Armstrong & His All Stars - The Memphis Blues
• Winifred Atwell - Rampart Street Rock (South Rampart Street Parade)
• Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me
• Gene Vincent - Woman Love
• Ronnie Carroll - Sweet Heartaches
• Pat Boone - Just As Long As I'm With You
• Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven
• Bill Haley & The Comets - Hot Dog Buddy Buddy
• Pat Boone - I'm In Love With You
• Jimmy Parkinson - Cry Baby
• Clyde McPhatter - When You're Sincere
• Anne Shelton - Daydreams
• The Chordettes - Love Never Changes

• Ruby Murray - Honestly I Do
• Edmund Hockridge - I Need Your Love
• Frank Chacksfield - The Banks Of The Seine
• Frankie Laine - Make Me A Child Again
• Nat King Cole - That's All There Is To That
• Bill Haley & The Comets - Two Hound Dogs
• The Hilltoppers - D-A-R-L-I-N
• Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel
• David Hughes - Tombolee, Tombola
• Ronnie Hilton - I Just Found Out About Love
• Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys - I Said It And I'm Glad
• Mitchell Torok - I Wish I Was A Little Bit Younger
• Jimmy Young - I'm Gonna Steal You Away
• Glen Mason - Love, Love, Love
• Michael Holliday - The Runaway Train
• Johnnie Ray - In The Candlelight
• Gene Vincent - Gonna Back Up Baby
• George Melachrino - A Woman In Love

• The Four Aces - I Only Know I Love You
• Gene Vincent - Who Slapped John
• Liberace - As Time Goes By
• Winifred Atwell - Make It A Party Side 2
• Vera Lynn - Little Lost Dog
• Tommy Steele - Rock Around The Town
• Malcolm Vaughan - Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow
• Jim Lowe - The Little Man In Chinatown
• The Platters - Heaven On Earth
• Alma Cogan - Two Innocent Hearts
• Patience & Prudence - A Smile And A Ribbon
• Frankie Vaughan - Pity The Poor, Poor Man
• Bill Haley & The Comets - Teenager's Mother
• Jimmy Parkinson - You To Me
• Ronnie Hilton - Constant And True
• Glen Mason - Why Must You Go, Go, Go
• Eddie Fisher - Fanny
• Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra - Well Did You Evah'
• Bill Haley & The Comets - Blue Comet Blues

• Fats Domino - I Can't Go On
• Sonny James - Hello Old Broken Heart
• Jimmy Shand - Sing With Shand Pt. 2
• Guy Mitchell - Crazy With Love
• Elvis Presley - Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
• Johnston Brothers - Stranded In The Jungle
• Dickie Valentine - The Hand Of Friendship
• Pat Boone - Chains Of Love
• The Deep River Boys - Honey Honey
• Johnston Brothers - Join In And Sing No. 3 - Side 2
• Tommy Steele - Rebel Rock
• Vince Martin with The Tarriers - Only If You Praise The Lord
• Little Richard - Ready Teddy
• Dave King - You Make Nice
• Barbara Lyon - Falling In Love
• Frankie Laine - Only If We Love
• Sammy Davis Jr - Just One Of Those Things

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 284 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/10/17

UPC: 824046710729